Combined card-case



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' N. P. MIGKBLSON.

COMBINED CARD CASE, HAT HOLDER, &o., FOR CHURCH Paws.

No. 549,145. Patented Nov. 5, 1895.

ANDREW BfilAlIAMjIIOTO-LITHO-WASNINGIDN.0,0

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N. P. MIGKELSON. GOMBINBD 0mm CASE, HAT HOLDER, &c., FOR CHURCH PEWS.

No. 549,145. Patented NOV. 5, 1895.

ANDREW EGRMAM. PHOTO'LITNO. WASHINGTON} UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NIELS P. MICKELSON, OF DES MOINES, IOIVA.

COMBINED CARD-CASE, HAT-HOLDER, 800., FOR CHURCH PEWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 549,145, dated November5, 1895. Application filed February 16, 1895. Serial No. 538,636. (Nomodel.)

T0 at whom it may concern/.5

Be it known that I, NIELs P. MICKELSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Oombined Card-Case, Hat-Holder, &c., forChurch- 7 Pews, of which the following is a specification.

with a card-holder and pencil-case, as hereinafter set forth, pointedout in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a front view of the complete device; Fig. 2, an edgeView of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the complete device.Fig. 4: is a perspective view showing a modified form in which thecard-case is dispensed with. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse sectionalview of the same. Figs. 6 and 7 are like views showing modified forms ofsprings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the reference-letter A is usedto indicate the base for the device; A a card-case cast integraltherewith; A a pencil-holder also cast integral with the base at oneside of the cardcase.

B indicates perforated lugs cast integral with the lower end portion andforward face of the card-case. 0 indicates a hook also cast integralwith the base-plate and card-case, upon which caps, umbrellas, &c., maybe hung.

D indicates a shaft rotatably mounted in the lugs B, having a lever D atone end, projecting upwardly at one side of the card-case and normallyheld outwardly by a leaf-spring D This upper end is roughened, so that aperson may readily depress said lever with a thumb or finger. This isalso protected by the'card-case A at one side and by the hook C at itstop. The opposite end D of the shaft D is curved downwardly andforwardly, with its lower end normally held in engagement with the lowerend of the plate A.

In the modified form shown in Figs. 4 and 5 the card-case is dispensedwith. A baseplate F has a hook F cast integral with its top,corresponding to the hook O, and a device H, having overlapping sidepieces H preferably connected with the lugs H which are formed integralwith the base-plate F. The upper end of the device H is overlapped bythe hook F to be protected from blows or from catching the clothing ofpassers-by, and the lower end J of said device is curved inwardly towardthe base-plate and tapered to a point.

The upper end of said device is normally held outwardly from thebase-plate by means of a coil-spring K, having its ends connected,respectively, with the upper end portions of the base-plate and thedevice H.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 6 two lugs N are cast integral withthe inner central portion of the device H. N is a loop cast integralwith the same below the lugs N. N is a perforated lug cast integral withthe baseplate F, and N is a coil-spring resting between the lugs N, withits central portion extended downwardly and passed through the lug N andits ends extended upwardly to enter the perforated lugs N thus drawingthe lower end of the device inwardly.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 7 a leafspring T is fastened to thebase-plate and engages the upper end portion of the device H.

In practical use the device is fixed to the pew, and it will be obviousthat the springactuated hook, as shown in Fig. 1, will be protected fromblows or from being caught in persons clothing by the card-case at oneside and the hook on the top, and when it is desired to secure a stiifhat the lever D is pressed inwardly, thus raising the hook D The rim ofthe hat is inserted beneath the said hook, and when the lever isreleased said hook will firmly engage the rim of the hat, so that itcannot become displaced, and in the form shown in Sheet 2 the device Hwill be prevented from being caught in the clothing of passers-by by itsoverlapping side pieces and by the hook F at its top.

To place a stiff hat in position relative to the modified form of thedevice, the upper end part H is pressed inwardly and the rim. of the hatplaced under the hook J.

It is also obvious that the hook projecting horizontally from the top ofthe device to serve as a guard to the pivoted hook underneath thereof isalso adapted to serve as a wardrobe-hook for hanging garments thereonwhenever desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States therefor, is-

1. As an improved article of manufacture, abase plate having a card caseat its front, a pencil holder at its side, perforated lugs at the lowerend port-i011 of the card holder, and a hook at the upper end of thebase plate at one side of the card holder, cast complete in one piece, asecond part comprising a shaft having bearings in said perforated lugs,a lever in one end thereof to be protected by the card case and theaforesaid hook, and a hook at its other end, and a yielding pressuredevice for normally holding said lever outwardly from the base plate,substantially as and for the purposes stated.

2. A hat holder for church pews comprising a flat plate or base adaptedto be fixed against a flat surface and provided with an integral guardhook projecting horizontally from its top, and a spring-actuated hookpivoted to the base of the guard hook to move in a vertical plane belowthe said guard and hook and to engage the'lower end of the base in themanner set forth for the purposes stated.

NIELS P. lVITCKELSON.

lVitnesses:

J. RALPH ORWIG, THOMAS G. ORVVIG.

